Francisco Cerundolo vs. Tommy Paul - Queen's Club Championship prediction, form, head-to-head

Competing successful his 2nd Queen’s Club Championship last successful 3 years, Tommy Paul volition quadrate disconnected with Francisco Cerundolo for the rubric connected Sunday.

In the archetypal semi-final connected Saturday, the Argentine came from down to decision Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4, portion Paul got past Ugo Humbert 6-3 6-3.

Match preview

It has often gone down to the wire, but to his credit, Francisco Cerundolo has recovered a mode to triumph each clip astatine the Queen’s Club Championship this year.

Three of his 4 matches successful the men’s lawsuit person gone to a decisive 3rd set, with the seventh-ranked subordinate losing the opening acceptable for the archetypal clip connected Saturday.

In the semis, helium converted six interruption constituent opportunities and won 71% of his archetypal serves, which made up for his 8 treble faults.

He has deed 23 aces implicit his 4 matches played astatine the lawsuit successful 2026 portion capturing a full of 20 interruption points implicit that stretch.

Cerundolo has won 2 of his past 3 appearances successful the last of an ATP singles event, defeating Luciano Darderi to seizure the Buenos Aires Open successful February.

A triumph connected Sunday would people the archetypal clip helium has won a singles lawsuit connected writer since defeating Paul successful 3 sets astatine the 2023 Eastbourne Open.

Tommy Paul is backmost successful the last of the Queen’s Club Championship, aft putting unneurotic a good all-around show connected Saturday.

The eighth-seeded American did not registry a azygous treble responsibility successful that outing, portion winning 75% of his archetypal serves to instrumentality control.

Over the people of the tourney truthful far, helium has lone deed 7 treble faults successful his 4 matches played and converted 11 of his break-point opportunities.

This lucifer volition people his 4th quality successful the last of a singles lawsuit this year, with the 29-year-old lone coming retired connected apical successful 1 of those instances, astatine the Houston Open against Roman Andres Burruchaga successful 3 sets.

In his 4 matches astatine the Queen’s Club Championship this year, helium has won 75% oregon much of his archetypal serves, boasting that nonstop percent successful the semi-finals.

The past clip helium made the last of this lawsuit was successful 2024, erstwhile helium had conscionable 1 treble responsibility portion converting 3 of his 4 break-point opportunities to decision Lorenzo Musetti successful consecutive sets.

Tournament truthful far

Francisco Cerundolo:

Round of 32: vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-2

Round of 16: vs. Jenson Brooksby 6-0 6-4

Quarter-final: vs. Arthur Fery 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-4

Semi-final: vs. Brandon Nakashima 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4

Tommy Paul:

Round of 32: vs. Zachary Svajda 7-5 6-3

Round of 16: vs. Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (7-5) 6-3

Quarter-final: vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3 7-6 (7-4)

Semi-final: vs. Ugo Humbert 6-3 6-3

Head To Head

Eastbourne Open (2022) - Round of 32: Paul wins 4-6 7-6 6-4

Queen's Club Championship (2023) - Round of 32: Cerundolo wins 7-6 4-6 6-4

Eastbourne Open (2023) - Final: Cerundolo wins 6-4 1-6 6-4

ATP Masters Canada (2023) - Round of 32: Paul wins 7-6 6-7 6-3

ATP Masters Madrid (2024) - Round of 32: Cerundolo wins 6-7 6-4 6-2

French Open (2024) - Round of 32: Cerundolo wins 3-6 6-3 6-2

ATP Masters Miami (2025) - Round of 32: Cerundolo wins 6-2 7-6

The archetypal gathering betwixt these 2 successful England took spot successful 2022 erstwhile Paul deed 7 aces and came from down to win.

When they squared disconnected astatine the Queen’s Club Championship the pursuing year, Cerundolo overcame 10 treble faults to propulsion retired a constrictive victory.

We witnessed different thrilling three-set lucifer betwixt them that aforesaid twelvemonth astatine the Eastbourne Open, with Paul hitting 4 treble faults, doubly arsenic galore arsenic Cerundolo, arsenic the second won again.

Paul evened the bid with Cerundolo successful Canada aboriginal that year, coming connected beardown successful the 3rd acceptable aft the archetypal 2 went to a tiebreak.

In 2024, it was Cerundolo who came backmost from a acceptable down to win, arsenic helium captured 74% of his archetypal serves and converted 5 interruption points.

He did it again astatine Roland Garros that year, boasting a decisive borderline of 74% to 55% implicit Paul connected archetypal serves to triumph successful 4 sets.

Their past gathering successful Miami past twelvemonth saw Cerundolo seizure 5 interruption points and triumph 77% of his 2nd serves, decisively much than Paul’s 41%.

We say: Paul to triumph successful 3 sets

This is simply a lucifer that could spell either way, but Paul's acquisition successful the last of this tourney should let him to easiness into this matter overmuch quicker.